Halifax councillors who voted in favour of an armoured vehicle for police are considering cancelling the purchase in the wake of protests over the latest police violence against Black people. The purchase of an armoured vehicle was approved during the fiscal 2019-2020 budget process at a cost of $500,000. Police presented the idea to the […]
Halifax planning advisory committee in favour of 16-storey Gottingen Street development
Regional council’s peninsula planning advisory committee is recommending in favour of a 16-storey development on Gottingen Street despite concerns around seven so-called affordable units. Developer Joseph Arab wants to construct the building on the same lot as Victoria Hall, a municipally-registered heritage building dating back to 1884. The building at 2438 Gottingen St. housed...
With ‘surprisingly modest’ financial impact due to COVID-19, Halifax Water cuts costs and keeps rates flat
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax Water has not been hard hit by the pandemic, and while it cancelled a rate hike planned for this year, the utility’s general manager says hikes are coming. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) heard Halifax Water’s rate application on Monday. In […]
Heritage Trust appeal thrown out, board upholds Halifax development decision
The Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia’s appeal of a development approval on Brunswick Street has been thrown out by the provincial Utility and Review Board (UARB). Adam Barrett’s Brunswick Street Developments Ltd. received approval for a development agreement for a 42-unit, eight-storey residential building at 2267 Brunswick St. from Halifax and West community council after...
Halifax Water makes the case for its accelerated lead pipe removal plan
Halifax Water wants to pay to replace every lead pipe in the city over the next 18 years with a plan that’s unrivalled across the country, but the utility heard concerns on Monday that the timeline may still be too slow for some homeowners. The utility made the case for the plan to its regulator,...
Halifax heritage committee green-lights Kenny-Dennis, Acadian Recorder redevelopment
Council’s Heritage Advisory Committee is recommending in favour of an addition to the historic Kenny-Dennis and Acadian Recorder buildings in downtown Halifax. Dexel Developments won the tender process to lease and develop the properties at 1724, 1730, and 1740 Granville St. from the provincial government, and posted the plan for what it calls the Press...
Downtown Dartmouth renewal funding restored as council finishes COVID-19 budget adjustment list
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Councillors voted to restore $2 million in funding for land purchases in downtown Dartmouth, along with money for three jobs related to the city’s climate change plan and two snow-shovelling programs at their budget committee meeting on Friday. The budget committee has been meeting nearly […]
Halifax will hold modified summer day camps
The Halifax Examiner is providing all COVID-19 coverage for free. Halifax will hold some modified day camps for kids this summer after a vote by regional councillors on Thursday, but the details are sparse. As part of the recast COVID-19 budget process, council’s budget committee met on Thursday and voted to restore funding for $7.4 […]
Halifax developer proposes 23-storey tower for Robie Street under baked-in Centre Plan exception
Developer Danny Chedrawe submitted a new proposal for his Robie Street property this week, seeking approval for a 23-storey tower next to the Willow Tree site. The proposal, submitted by WSP Canada Inc. on behalf of Chedrawe’s Westwood Developments and posted on the city’s website on Monday, is for a development agreement on the...
Council approves Halifax Transit’s ‘transformative’ plans. Now it has to convince the province to pay up
After enthusiastically approving plans for rapid transit and electric buses — described as transformative, exciting and even sexy — Halifax councillors recognize their next hurdle is getting the money to meet their ambitious goals from a provincial government that’s been hesitant to pay for public transit. “I’ve always said that the key to getting more...
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